On the probability distributions of SuperDARN Doppler spectral width measurements inside and outside the cusp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Freeman, M P ^a   Chisham, G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities; 2494 Ionosphere: Instruments and techniques; 2724 Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; GEOPHYSICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CUSP; MAGNETIC COAL TIMES; NON-CUSP REGIONS; SUPERDARN SPECTRAL WIDTH;

DOPPLER RADAR;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 14044254011     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020923     Document Type: Article

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